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Take Notice blog

This week I was busy with spring activities and the Fox CT Dream Wedding, so I took a break on Wednesday night to enjoy myself with some friends at our…

Always Blooming

This is the perfect time of year for me, as I witness the beauty of Rosebrook Gardens unfolding with splendor.  From the smallest tulips to the grandest majestic trees, no…

Better This Way

This week I took a long emotional trip back in time to put on paper my journey as a designer and lifestyle expert. I was told my eye for aesthetics…

Winning

I like to say that you can’t get MARried without MAR, so on Wednesday morning, I was a correspondent for the FoxCT morning news, interviewing the three finalist couples for…

Wedding Countdown

Less than one month away the countdown begins, as one lucky couple will be chosen to be married live on FoxCT on April 13th, in an all-expenses-paid wedding. In preparation…

Celebrate

This morning, as I wandered in the garden with my coffee, I noticed the many daffodils and crocuses beginning to emerge and reach for the warm weather that has greeted…

A Day in 1762

This week I traveled back in time over 250 years. The year was 1762, a time when a seaport town known as Derby was part of the English colony of…

“Whoa, Man!”

This week I did several lectures at the Hartford Convention Center and being the professional that I am, I always arrive early and ready to go long before my scheduled…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Rosebrook Gardens celebrates its 16-year birthday this year, I’m having a yearlong party of celebrations, and you’re all invited to participate. My affair with my home began in 1996 when…